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If you see wrong characters on screen or failed to convert subtitle encoding error message you should try to change Subtitles text encoding option which can be found from Tools -> Preferences (set Show Settings to All) and Input / Codecs -> Other codecs -> Subtitles. Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
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If you see wrong characters on screen or <samp>failed to convert [[subtitle]] encoding</samp> error message you should try to change Subtitles [[text encoding]] option. Remember to press '''Save''' to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.
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Select '''Tools → Preferences'''.<br>
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Select '''Subtitles / OSD → Default encoding'''.<br>
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Latest revision as of 07:37, 18 March 2019

This page describes how to change subtitles text encoding. Other "how to" pages

If you see wrong characters on screen or failed to convert subtitle encoding error message you should try to change Subtitles text encoding option. Remember to press Save to save VLC settings and restart VLC after that to make sure changes are enabled.

Select Tools → Preferences.

Select Subtitles / OSD → Default encoding.

This page is part of the informal VLC Support Guide.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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